waiho iho
1. (verb) to bequeath, leave, will, grant, endow, bestow, entrust.
Nā te whakamāori a te kāwanatanga i ngā rohe o Ngā Pākihi-whakatekateka-a-Waitaha, i hokona mai e rātou i te tau 1848, me te takitahi noa iho o ngā rāhui i waiho iho mō rātou, ka noho te pōuri ki a Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1990:228). / The government interpretation of the boundaries of the Canterbury Plains that they purchased in 1848 and the paucity of the reserves granted to them became of concern to Ngāi Tahu.
Synonyms: maiki, toe, maunu, wehewehe, wehe, whakangā, tuku, awaiho
